yesterday afternoon, driving right around the corner by the house, it looked like a volcano was coming to life in the san gabriel mountains...at this point the fire was still on the other side of the mountains and wasn't considered much of a threat.
yesterday evening as i drove out again this is what it looked like...bright orange flames mounting over the hillside...
a couple of hours laterflames that had to be over one hundred feet high were grazing down the mountains. it's hard to express how huge and terrifying the sight was when all i have is a blurry photo...
the news said last night that they had the fire 10% contained.this morning i went outside the house and took this picture of the smoke from the front yard...
driving towards the place where i took the previous photos...
i rounded the corner and this is what greeted me:
apparently, overnight, the fire split into two directions and the firefighters lost what little control of it they had. they have issued mandatory evacuations for hundreds of homes in La Canada Flintridge
the most recent one i took, about an hour and a half ago.
listening to news radio, the fires are of course top stories. the fire in azusa is, thus far, 70 contained, and the fire in rancho palos verdes is 60% contained. finally, they mentioned the la canada fire (officially named the Station Fire), and said it is 0% contained.praying for everyone who has had to leave their homes...
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i remember when half of claremont had to be evacuated. i tried to make a painting in the middle of the night. aimee carried my paints and we climbed onto a storage shed at kallista's elementary school. i couldn't see what colors i was using so so much for the painting... but the fires were brilliant and frightening.
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